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®F  the  many  attractions  of  Boston,  those  peculiar  to  the  har- 
bor are  pre-eminent  in  the  summer  season.  The  greatest 
of  these  is  undoubtedly  Nantasket  Beach,  to  which,  it  is  sup- 
posed the  reader  of  these  pages  is  tending.  If  for  the  first 
time,  what  a revelation  of  beauty,  and  if  for  a repeated  visit 
with  what  joyous  anticipations  of  pleasure  ! Fortunate,  indeed, 
is  it  that  communication  between  the  city  and  this  renowned 
resort  is  so  frequent  and  rapid  that  the  tired  citizen  can  obtain 
in  a few  hours  such  an  amount  of  recreation  and  enjoyment. 
The  Boston  & Hingham  Steamboat  Company  have  ample  fa- 
cilities for  the  transportation  of  thousands  of  passengers  daily 
to  and  from  this  famous  watering  place,  owning  four  safe,  com- 
modious, and  swift  steamers,  viz  : — 


The  “TWILIGHT,”  commanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  H.  Sampson. 

„ “NANTASKET,”  „ „ . v.  Capt.  Wm.  Beal. 

,,  “ ROSE  STANDISH,”  ,,  ,,  Capt.  O.  R.  Ingraham. 

„ “ WM.  HARRISON,”  „ „ Capt.  L.  G.  Sirovich. 

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President ; E.  F.  Sears,  Superintendent ; and  J.  W.  Hobart, 
General  Passenger  Agent  and  Treasurer . A feeling  of  perfect 
security  can  be  indulged  in  by  those  travelling  on  the  steamers 
of  this  line,  as  the  safety  of  passengers  has  ever  been  the  first 
consideration  of  the  management,  and  during  the  fifty-three 


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years  in  which  the  boats  of  the  company  have  been  patronized 
by  the  public,  no  accident  resulting  in  the  loss  of  life  has  ever 
occurred.  The  strictest  order  is  also  maintained,  so  that  ladies 
can  make  excursions  unaccompanied  with  escorts,  and  pleasur- 
able recreation  is  placed  within  the  means  and  at  the  disposal 
of  all. 

THE  DOWNWARD  TRIP, 

Scarcely  has  the  steamer  left  Rowe’s  Wharf  before  points  of 
interest  begin  to  be  noticed,  and  here  it  may  be  first  mentioned 
that  John  Rowe,  from  whom  the  wharf  was  named,  originally 
suggested  making  a tea-pot  of  Boston  harbor.  It  was  at  the 
meeting  of  citizens,  held  December  16,  1773,  in  the  Old  South 
Church,  to  take  action  to  prevent  the  landing  of  the  tea  sent 
over  by  the  East  India  Company,  that  Rowe  ,said,  “ Who 
knows  how  tea  will  mingle  with  salt  water  ? ” This  idea  was 
received  with  shouts  of  laughter,  and  after  negotiations  had 
failed,  some  sixty  men  disguised  as  Indians  appeared  at  the 
church  door,  and  uttering  a war-whoop,  led  the  crowd  down 
Milk  Street  to  the  ships,  when  the  contents  of  three  hundred 
and  forty-two  chests  of  tea  were  thrown  overboard.  It  was 
right  here,  therefore,  that  this  early  rebellious  act  took  place, 

I which  caused  the  British  King  and  Parliament  to  send  troops  in 
; large  numbers  to  awe  and  subdue  the  spirit  of  Boston. 

To  avoid  the  confusion  of  calling  attention  to  both  sides  of 
the  steamer  during  the  same  trip,  the  principal  points  will  be 
described  in  the  order  in  which  they  present  themselves  on  the 
right  side  of  the  boat  going  to  Nantasket,  and  on  the  right  side 
returning,  so  that  every  point  may  be  consecutively  brought 
into  notice.  The  course  of  the  steamer  is  fully  shown  on  the 
map. 

About  the  first  object  to  attract  attention  is  Nickerson’s 
Wharf,  South  Boston,  from  which  start  the  steamers  of  the  Bos- 
ton & Savannah  Line,  and  also  the  boats  for  Prince  Edward’s 
Island.  Next  are  seen  the  great  freight-houses  of  the  New 
York  & New  England  Railroad,  on  Piers  1 and  2,  and  the 
grain  elevator.  At  these  magnificent  docks,  with  sufficient 
depth  of  water  at  low  tide  for  the  largest  steamships,  there  are 
facilities  for  a great  extension  of  Boston’s  foreign  trade.  The 
State  of  Massachusetts  is  wisely  expending  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars  in  transforming  useless  mud  flats  to  broad 


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avenues  for  commerce,  and  the  patient  dredging  machines  are 
constantly  to  be  seen  at  work  in  the  vicinity. 

The  high  lands  of  South  Boston  next  attract  attention. 
These  were  once  known  as  Dorchester  Heights,  where,  on  the 
night  of  March  4,  1776,  Washington  threw  up  earth-works 
which  commanded  the  town,  and  caused  the  British  to  march 
forth  and  evacuate  Boston  on  the  17th  of  March,  1776,  he  en- 
tering the  town  over  the  Neck  on  the  same  day. 

The  large  white  building  on  the  summit  of  the  hill  at  South 
Boston  is  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  a noble  charity, 
and  near  the  water  are  situated  the  City  Correctional  Institu- 
tions. Near  by,  several  gray  old  hulks  are  moored,  containing 
reserve  stocks  of  powder  and  other  explosives. 

South  Boston  ends  in  City  Point,  where  the  house  of  the 
Boston  Yacht  Club  is  situated,  and  a fleet  of  forty  or  fifty  yachts 
may  generally  be  seen.  Just  by  the  Point,  a charming  bit  of 
scenery  :omes  into  view,  Dorchester  Bay,  including  the  wooded 
promontory  of  Savin  Hill,  once  also  fortified,  and  far  off  in  the 
distance,  the  Blue  Hills  of  Milton. 

Thompson’s  island 

next  appears.  This  is  one  of  the  best  cultivated  and  most 
fruitful  islands  in  the  harbor,  and  was  occupied  by  David 
Thompson,  before  the  settlement  of  Boston.  Here  he  estab- 
lished a trading  post  with  the  Massachusetts  Indians,  whose 
principal  village  was  on  Neponset  River,  a short  distance  from 
the  Island.  The  Farm  School,  established  by  private  individ- 
uals to  give  poor  but  deserving  boys  a good,  common-school 
education  and  a knowledge  of  farming,  is  also  situated  here ; 
but  this  fertile  and  peaceful  island  is  quickly  shut  out  of  view 
by  the  frowning  walls  of 

FORT  INDEPENDENCE. 

on  Castle  Island.  This  handsome  granite  fortress  almost  cov- 
ers the  land.  Castle  Island  was  the  first  one  fortified  in  the 
harbor,  a mud  fort  being  erected  in  1633,  which  stood  several 
years.  This  was  replaced  by  one  of  trees  and  earth,  and  a 
small  brick  castle  that  cost  four  thousand  pounds,  and  which 
was  described  in  1654  as  “of  very  good  use  to  awe  any  inso- 
lent persons  that,  putting  confidence  in  their  ships  and  sails, 
shall  offer  any  injury  to  the  people,  or  contemn  their  govern- 
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A new  fort  was  built  in  1674,  which  remained  till  1701,  when 
a substantial  brick  fort,  called  Castle  William,  was  erected, 


over  the  entrance  of  which  this  inscription  was  placed  : “ In 
the  thirteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  William  the  Third,  most  in- 
vincible King  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  this 
fortification  was  undertaken,  and  was  finished  in  the  second 
year  of  the  reign  of  the  most  serene  Ann,  Queen  of  Great 
Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1703.”' 
Castle  William  was  destroyed  when  the  British  evacuated 
Boston,  but  the  provincial  forces  took  possession  and  repaired 
it.  The  name  was  changed  to  Fort  Independence  in  1797, 
President  John  Adams  being  present  on  the  occasion.  Castle 
Island  was  noted  for  years  as  a duelling  ground.  On  the  glacis 
of  the  fort  is  now  standing  a memorial  of  one  of  these  unfortu- 
nate affairs,  on  which  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

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Fort  Independence  passed,  Thompson’s  Island  again  comes 
into  view.  Thus  peace  and  war  follow  each  other  in  rapid 
succession  ! 

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where  vessels  of  every  description  of  marine  architecture,  and 
with  flags  of  various  nations,  are  sometimes  seen  anchored, 
waiting  for  favorable  winds  to  set  sail.  Spunky  little  tug-boats 
fasten  themselves  to  other  vessels,  many  times  their  own  size, 
and  make  nothing  of  running  down  the  channel  with  them,  as 
if  the  task  were  mere  pastime,  their  shrill  whistles  at  the  same 
time  shrieking  with  delight  at  the  fun.  There  have  been 
great  changes  made  in  the  rigging  of  vessels  for  the  carrying 
trade,  as  we  can  perhaps  overhear  some  retired  sea-captain 
telling  his  interested  grandchildren.  Three-masted  and  four- 
masted  schooners  have  supplanted  the  old-time  brigs  and 
barques,  as  they  have  fewer  and  simpler  sails  with  the  same 
quantify  of  canvas,  and  require  lesser  crews. 

After  studying  the  different  styles  of  ships  which  we  can  see 
perhaps  it  may  be  well  to  look  about  us,  and  note  the  ad- 
vantages of  steam  navigation  which  we  enjoy,  to  observe  the 
regard  for  cleanliness  and  comfort  on  board  our  own  steamer, 
and  perhaps  read  a little  bit  of  steamboat  history  in  these  very 
waters.  As  a striking  contrast  to  the  present  graceful  steamers 
of  this  company  is  given  a cut  of  the  first  steamboat  which 
ever  made  the  trip  between  Boston  and  Hingham,  the  “ Eagle,” 
Capt.  Clark. 


In  1819  she  made  daily  passages  on  the  line,  and  was  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Barnabas  Lincoln.  She  ran  on  the  route  for 
three  years,  and  then  for  eight  years  packets  were  the  only 
boats  plying  between  Boston  and  Hingham.  Opposition  was 
lively  among  packet-men,  who  were  jealous  of  steamboats  ; 
so  fares  were  low  on  the  packets,  and  in  the  year  1822  the 
packet-men  triumphed,  for  not  a single  notice  of  a steamer  in 
Boston  harbor  appeared  in  the  papers. 


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The  “ Lafayette  ” was  the  next  boat.  She  began  running  in 
1829.  She  was  much  smaller  even  than  the  “Eagle  ” and  was 
nof  very  highly  esteemed.  She  was  first  commanded  by  Capt. 
George  Thaxter,  and  afterwards  by  Capt.  George  Beal  of  Co- 


hasset.  Before  she  was  purchased  by  the  Hingham  people 
she  was  called  the  “Hamilton,”  which  name  always  remained 
on  her  stern. 


The  “ Gen.  Lincoln  ” followed  the  “ Lafayette.”  She  was 
also  commanded  by  Capt.  George  Beal,  and  made  her  first  trip 
June  16,  1832.  She  was  built  expressly  for  the  Boston  & 
Hingham  Steamboat  Company,  which  was  then  incorporated. 

The  “ Gen.  Lincoln  ” had  two  boilers,  two  walking  beams, 
burnt  wood,  and  was  run  under  about  20  lbs.  of  steam,  Her 
side-wheels  were  14  feet  in  diameter.  She  measured  96  feet  in 
length,  with  22  feet  breadth  of  beam. 

The  next  steamer  that  was  built  for  the  company  illustrates 


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comparison  with  the  previous  figures,  for  the  “ Mayflower  ” 


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was  133  feet  in  length,  with  42  feet  beam.  Her  wheels  were  22 
feet  diameter,  and  she  ran  under  30  lbs.  of  steam.  She  accom- 
modated eight  hundred  passengers.  She  was  put  upon  the 
line  in  1845,  and  was  s0^  to  ^Tew  York  parties  in  1856. 

The  fifth  boat,  the  “ Nantasket,’,  commanded  by  Capt.  A.  L. 
Rowell,  was  still  larger.  She  was  built  in  New  York  in  1857 
and  began  running  in  1858.  Her  proportions  were  : length,  146 
feet  6 inches  ; breadth,  25  feet  4 inches  ; depth,  8 feet  2 inches; 
and  wheels,  24  feet  diameter.  She  was  considered  the  fastest 
boat  in  the  harbor  at  that  time.  In  1862  she  was  in  govern- 
ment employ  in  southern  waters.  In  1863  she  underwent  nu- 
merous alterations,  and  her  name  was  changed  to  the  “ Erne- 
line.”  She  was  subsequently  sold  to  parties  in  Newburg,  N.  Y. 


The  “ Rose  Standish,”  now  running,  was  built  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  in  1863,  and  thoroughly  rebuilt  in  1877,  at  great  ex- 
pense. She  is  392  93-100  tons  measurement.  Her  present 
commander  is  Captain  O.  R.  Ingraham,  an  experienced  officer. 

The  “ Wm.  Harrison  ” was  built  in  Keysport,  N.  Y.,  and 
was  bought  by  this  company  in  1881.  She  is  377  tons  meas- 
urement. During  the  present  year  she  has  been  largely  rebuilt, 
and  improved  throughout,  and  is  commanded  by  Capt.  L.  G. 
Sirovich,  a most  successful  navigator. 


The  elegant  Steamer  “Nantasket”  was  launched  May  15, 
1878,  from  the  yard  of  Messrs.  Pierce  & Montgomery,  Chelsea. 


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We  desire  to  cal!  attention  to  our  immense  stock  of  light  Beverages,  care- 
fully bottled  during  the  past  winter,  and  which  we  now  offer  to  the  trade  in 
the  best  possible  condition. 

8000  doz.  “BOSTON  GINGER  ALE."  A popular,  delicious, 
and  healthful  beverage,  which  we  claim  to  be  equal  to  any  produced;  while 
the  great  New  York  Wholesale  Grocers,  Messrs  E.  C.  Hazard  & Co.,  un- 
questionable authority,  say  in  their  monthly  Trade  Journal  and  Price  List 
“ superior  to  all  others .” 

5000  doz.  GOLDEN  RUSSET  CIDER.  In  quarts,  pints, 
and  half-pint  bottles,  stored  in  cool,  dry,  dark  cellar,  and  is  particularly 
choice. 

2000  doz.  CHAMPAGNE  CIDER.  In  quarts,  pints,  and  half 
pint  bottles. 

10,000  doz.  BASS’S  ALE.  In  quarts  and  pints.  Bottlers  by 
appointment  of  Messrs.  Bass  & Co.’s  Agent,  Mr.  Henry  T.  Nichols. 
5000  doz.  GUINNESS’S  STOUT.  In  quarts  and  pints. 

SOLE  BOTTLERS 

Isaac  Cook  Sc  Co.’s  Stock  Ale. 

Robert  Smith’s  Philadelphia  India  Pale  Ale, 
Mount  Olive  Mineral  Spring  Water. 

Also,  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in 

LEMON  AND  SARSAPARILLA  MINERAL  WATERS. 
SODA  WATERS 

In  Bottles,  Siphons  and  Fountains. 

SYRUPS-AIjIi  flavors. 

BEEB, 

Ginger,  Birch,  Lemon,  Pineapple,  Raspberry. 

Lager  Beer, 

Boston,  Milwaukee,  and  Cincinnati,  Philadelphia 
Porter,  German  Seltzer,  Lime  Fruit  Juice. 


VINCENT,  HATHAWAY  & CO., 

103  Si  105  Broad  St. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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She  is  173  feet  long  by  29  feet  breadth  of  beam,  and  9 feet  in 
depth.  She  is  commanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  Beal,  who  has  been 
connected  with  the  company  for  twenty  years,  and  is  as  popular 
as  he  is  experienced. 

The  latest  acquisition  of  the  company  is  the  “ Twi- 
light/’ commanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  H.  Sampson.  She 
was  built  in  Connecticut,  in  1873,  and  was  purchased  by 
the  company  in  1882,  since  which  time  she  has  been  refurnished 
and  refitted.  She  is  the  largest  of  the  steamers  owned  by  the 
company,  her  licensed  carrying  capacity  being  1,500  passengers. 

But  we  are  now  approaching 

SPECTACLE  ISLAND, 

so  called  from  its  shape,  which  resembles  that  of  a pair  of 
spectacles,  being  formed  by  two  peninsulas  connected  together 
by  a short  bar,  which  at  low  tide  is  visible.  Looking  through 
the  spectacles,  or  over  this  low  bar,  Moon  Island  and  Squan- 
tum,  part  of  the  old  town  of  Quincy,  can  be  seen.  Spectacle 
Islaidpaid  in  1634  only  a yearly  rental  of  one  shilling.  It 
was  sold  in  1857  for  $15,000.  Who  will  say  real  estate  does 
not  rise?  It  is  now  the  private  property  of  Nahum  Ward, 
who  occupies  it  for  useful  and  sanitary  purposes. 

He  turns  to  value  what  were  waste  beside, 

And  renders  use  of  e’en  the  horses’  hide. 

May  “imperial  Caesar,  dead,  and  turned  to  clay,” 

Now  stop  that  hole,  and  keep  the  wind  away. 

LONG  ISLAND 

is  the  next  one  reached.  It  is  the  largest  in  the  harbor,  being 
a mile  and  three  quarters  in  length,  and  one  quarter  of  a mile 
in  breadth.  The  large,  white  hotel,  “ The  Long  Island  House,” 
in  the  centre  of  the  island  on  the  west  side,  firsts  attracts  our 
attention.  This  was  erected  in  1847,  when  a land  company  was 
formed,  a wharf  built,  and  a speedy  settlement  of  the  island  was 
predicted.  This  anticipation,  however,  was  not  realized,  for  very 
few  houses  were  buijt.  On  the  northerly  end  of  the  island, 
which  we  are  now  approaching,  is  a bluff  80  ft.  high,  upon  which 
is  an  iron  lighthouse,  22  ft.  high,  and  a comfortable  stone  dwell- 
ing for.  the  keeper.  Long  Island  Light  is  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant in  the  harbor.  It  can  be  seen  for  fifteen  miles  at  sea 


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and  is  distinguished  by  its  steady  white  light.  Redoubts  were 
thrown  up  by  Washington  on  this  bluff  and  also  at  Hull  to 
drive  the  British  fleet  from  the  lower  harbor  after  the  evacua- 
tion of  Boston.  These  batteries  opened  fire  simultaneously,  and 
after  a brisk  cannonading  on  both  sides,  the  squadron  set  sail. 
In  place  of  this  old  redoubt  on  Long  Island  the  Government  has 
recently  erected  a formidable  fort  of  improved  construction 
with  walls  of  great  thickness,  bombproofs,  and  other  defences. 
With  heavy  guns  mounted  here,  a plunging  fire  could  be  di- 
rected on  the  ship  channel  and  command  the  approaches 
through  Broad  Sound. 


The  low  green  mounds  on  the  top  of  the  cliff,  which  are  all 
that  can  be  seen  of  this  fortification,  give  little  idea  of  its 
strength.  Around  the  head  of  the  island  is  a handsome 
sea-wall,  built  at  an  expense  to  the  Government  of  $150,000. 
Long  Island  was  much  used  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion, 
and  many  regiments  went  into  camp  there.  As  the  steamer 
takes  her  course  past  the  head  of  the  island,  a view  is  obtained 
also  of  the  eastern  side,  which  is  pleasantly  diversified.  An 
object,  however,  of  greater  interest  now  presents  itself. 


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Hotel  and  Summer  Resort  Printing, 

SUCH  AS 

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By  Lithography  or  Heliotype,  from  Photograph 
or  Drawing  in  any  required  size. 

BUM  of  Fare,,  Letter  heads,  Billheads, 
Envelopes^  Qireulmrs, 

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Furnished  at  short  notice.  Send  photographs  for  estimates  when  possible. 

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a large  corps  of  artists,  we  can  safely  guarantee  first-class  results  in  the 
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sell  at  50  cents  each,  (extra  large  sizes,  $1.00,)  and  are  carefully  printed  by 
hand-presses,  on  sheets  of  heavy  bevelled  plate  paper,  18  by  24  inches  in 
size.  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  40  pages,  describing  each  picture,  sent  free. 


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to  its  scenery  and  historic  attractions.  With  sixteen  maps,  $1.50.  Revised 
in  1884. 

A faithful,  painstaking  piece  of  work,  and  condenses  into  brief  compass 
a vast  amount  of  information,  which  all  tourists  to  the  seaside,  mountain, 
and  country  summer-resorts  of  New  England  will  gladly  possess.”  — IMew 
York  Evening  Post. 

WHITE  MOUNTAINS. 

More  than  400  pages ; prices  and  locations  of  all  hotels  and  boarding- 
houses, and  routes;  six  maps  and  six  panoramas,  $1.50.  Revised  in  1884. 

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nix’s  mate. 

There  are  some  fictions  which  ’t  is  well  to  keep. 

Saint  Nick  is  one,  who  comes  when  children  sleep, 

And  Nix’s  Mate’s  another,  while  not  true, 

’T  is  better  told  than  not  as  we  pass  through, 

Between  Long  Island  and  this  isle  no  more, 

But  barren  shoal  on  an  uncertain  shore. 

Black,  drear,  ominous,  and  mysterious  enough  to  give  cred- 
ence to  any  story  is  the  pyramid  erected  on  Nix's  Mate  to 
warn  pilots  of  the  rocks  and  shoal  where  once  was  an  island  of 
twelve  acres.  It  is  a massive  piece  of  copper-riveted  masonry, 
forty  feet  square,  and  twelve  feet  high,  (with  stairs  on  one  side) 
upon  whose  top  stands  a black  wooden  pyramid,  twenty  feet 
high.  It  is  close  to  the  ship  channel,  and  in  sight  of  every 
vessel  entering  or  leaving  the  harbor.  “ What ’s  that  ? ” is  the 
involuntary  question  which  every  stranger  asks.  “ Nix ’s 
Mate,”  is  the  answer ; but  always  something  more  is  desired,  so 
the  common  tradition  is  here  repeated.  This  black  spot  was 
once  an  island  as  green  as  any  in  the  harbor.  It  was  the  place 
selected  for  the  execution  of  pirates,  and  those  convicted  of 
other  capital  crimes  committed  on  the  ocean,  because  all  sail- 
ors could  see  the  bodies  of  such  sea  robbers,  dangling  in  chains 
from  the  gibbets,  and  take  warning  from  the  grim  sight. 

There  was  in  the  early  days  of  the  colony  a ship-master 
named  Nix.  He  was  mysteriously  murdered,  and  his  body  was 
buried  on  this  island,  more  than  two  hundred  years  ago.  His 
mate  was  accused  of  the  murder,  and  was  sentenced  to  be 
hanged,  but  stoutly  protested  his  innocence.  When  the  time 
for  execution  came,  he  said, — “ I am  not  guilty  of  the  crime 
with  which  I am  charged.  Before  God  I did  not  the  deed. 


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Telephone  No.  1991. 


C.  KOSTKR  § SOX. 


Wholesale  and  Retail 
Dealers  in 

|}rBuisions  ami  Orrorciico, 


Fruits  & Produce  of  Al!  Kinds. 

Yacht  and  Family  Supplies  ' 

A Specialty, 

336  & 338  ATLANTIC  AVE.,  BOSTON. 


Head  of  Rowe’s  Wharf. 


Hoods  delivered  daily  to  all  parts  South  Hnd, 
West  Had,  a?id  Highlands. 


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CHRISTOPHER  FOSTER. 


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God  bear  witness  of  my  innocence  ! That  the  people  may 
! know  that  I am  a guiltless  man,  may  this  island  wholly  disap- 
: pear  ! ” He  was  executed,  and  soon  the  sailors  began  to 
| say, — “ The  island  is  withering.  Nix’s  mate  was  an  innocent 
i man.”  Time  passed,  and  the  people  said, — “ The  green  earth 
! has  been  washed  away,  and  only  the  rocks  remain.  Nix’s 
mate  was  surely  an  innocent  man.”  More  than  a century 
passed,  and  the  hard  rocks  themselves  seemed  slowly  shrinking 
away  under  the  action  of  the  sea,  and  the  legend  was  repeated 
that  the  island  was  disappearing  as  a witness  to  the  innocence 
; of  whom  ? We  know  not  his  own  name,  but  he  was  Nix’s 
j Mate.  This  is  the  popular  story,  but  the  dry-as*dust  historian 
will  spoil  it  all  by  proving  that  the  land  was  known  as  Nix’s 
Island  long  before  the  date  of  the  execution  spoken  of,  and 
that  it  had  probably,  even  before  then,  began  wasting,  for  the 
record  made  in  1636  read  as  follows  : — “ There  is  twelve  acres 
of  land  granted  to  John  Gallop  upon  Nixes  Island,  to  enjoy  to 
him  and  his  heirs  forever,  if  the  land  be  so  much.”  Certain  it 
is,  however,  that  Bird  Island,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Charles 
River,  which  shared  in  some  measure  the  unenviable  notoriety 
of  being  a place  of  execution,  has  similarly  disappeared,  but 
stout  sea-walls  would  undoubtedly  have  preserved  both. 

A bell  buoy,  giving  a deep,  ominous  sound,  is  placed  near 
Nix’s  Mate,  to  warn  vessels  at  night  of  this  dangerous  shoal. 

When  the  tide  favors,  the  steamer  leaves  the  ship  channel 
just  before  reaching  this  point,  and  steers  straight  for  Hull, 
passing 


gallop’s  island 

on  the  left ; at  other  times  it  continues  in  the  channel,  and 
enters  the  Narrows  between  Gallop’s  and  Lovell’s  Island,  the 
former  of  which  will  now,  therefore,  be  described.  Capt.  John 
Gallop,  from  whom  it  was  named,  was  a noted  Boston  pilot, 
and  in  addition  to  his  house  in  Boston,  had  quite  a farm  on 
Long  Island  and  sheep  pasture  on  Nix’s  Mate,  while  the  rich 
land  of  Gallop’s  Island  he  also  cultivated. 

In  olden  times  the  farmers  here  supplied  the  ships  in  Nan- 
tasket  Roads  with  vegetables,  milk,  and  pure  spring  water. 
Gallop’s  Island  is  now  owned  by  the  city  of  Boston  and  used  as 
a quarantine  hospital. 


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Mann’s  Remedy. 

CURE  GUARANTEED. 

MANN’S  REMEDY  is  a quick  and  positive  cure  for 
Recent  and  Chronic  Discharges,  Scalding  and  Burning,  and 
all  Diseases  of  Urinary  Organs. 

MANN’S  REMEDY  is  the  only  positive  cure  for  these 
diseases,  in  the  market. 

MANN’S  REMEDY  is  easy  to  take,  will  not  nauseate, 
and  will  not  impair  digestion. 

MANN’S  REMEDY  contains  No  mercury  or  other 
deleterious  mineral  matter  ; in  fact  it  is  a purely  vegetable 
preparation.  It  was  not  discovered  by  an  “ East  Indian  Mis- 
sionary,” but  it  is  a preparation  of  pure  drugs,  from  the  recipe 
of  a first-class  Boston  physician,  who  used  it  successfully  in 
his  practice  for  thirty  years. 

In  taking  Mann’s  Remedy  you  avoid  the  use  of  a syringe, 
which  in  four  out  of  five  cases  leaves  a stricture,  after  the 
patient  has  deemed  himself  cured. 

MANN’S  REMEDY  will  entirely  eradicate  the  disease 
from  the  system,  make  new  blood,  and  give  the  whole  body  a 
fresh  lease  of  life. 

MANN’S  REMEDY  is  registered  in  Patent  Office  at 
Washington,  and  all  infringements  on  our  rights  will  be  pros- 
ecuted to  the  full  extent  of  the  law. 

Price,  $1.  ------  6 Bottles  for  $5. 

Orders  by  Mail  or  Express  promptly  attended  to. 

FOR  SALE  BY 


3 Beacon  St.,  five  doors  from  Tremont  St., 


BOSTON. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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RAINSFORD  ISLAND, 

which  we  now  approach,  is  also  now  owned  by  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton, and  the  city  almshouse  is  situated  there.  The  better  class 
of  paupers,  including  many  old  men,  find  a pleasant  home  on 
the  island,  which,  with  its  substantial  buildings,  trees,  and 
shrubbery,  presents  one  of  the  most  attractive  features  of  the 
harbor. 

peddock’s  island, 

nearly  a mile  in  length,  next  becomes  the  most  conspicuous  ob- 
ject in  our  view,  and  forms  quite  a picturesque  and  peaceful 
scene,  but  it  was  once  the  location  of  a terrible  tragedy.  Be- 
fore the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth,  a French  ship 
came  here  to  trade  with  the  Indians  for  beaver-skins,  and  an- 
chored off  Peddock’s  Island,  named  in  memory  of  Leonard 
Peddock,  who  had  previously  landed  there.  The  Frenchmen 
gave  offence  to  the  natives,  who  set  upon  them ; and  being 
taken  by  surprise,  their  vessel  was  captured  and  burned,  and  all 
but  five  of  the  sailors  were  massacred.  These  were  badly 
treated,  and  only  one  lived  sufficiently  long  to  tell  the  tale. 

In  1634  Peddock’s  Island  was.  granted  to  Charlestown  for 
twenty-one  years,  at  the  annual  rental  of  twenty  shillings,  but 
in  1635  the  rent  was  reduced  to  twelve  pence.  The  island  af- 
fords fine  pasturage,  and  there  is  a large  orchard  upon  it 
owned  by  the  Cleverlys,  who  for  more  than  fifty  years  have 
lived  there,  acting  as  pilots  to  Quincy  and  Weymouth.  At  the 
southern  end  rises  a bold  bluff,  called  Prince’s  Head,  against 
the  banks  of  which  iron  targets  are  erected  for  practice  in  firing 
projectiles  from 

NUT  ISLAND, 

about  1650  yards  distant.  This  sequestered  spot  has  been 
long  chosen  as  the  testing  ground  for  heavy  ordnance  cast  at 
Alger’s  Foundry,  South  Boston,  which  is  the  chief  manufac- 
tory of  American  fortress  guns.  Heavy  firing  can  therefore 
sometimes  be  heard* in  this  direction,  and  it  was  very  frequent 
during  the  secession  war,  when  1500  guns  were  here  first  tried, 
among  them  being  those  of  the  Monitor,  which  crippled  the 
ironclad  Merrimack  in  the  most  important  naval  duel  of  that 
war.  From  one  of  these  rifled  guns  a projectile  weighing  over 


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II 


Manufacturers,  Importers,  and 
Wholesale  Dealers. 


OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 

BOOTS,  SHOES  and  ARCTICS, 
Clothing,  Setting)  Packing  and  Hose) 
ComhS)  HallS)  Toys)  Enamelled 
Carriage  Drill) 

Taylor's  Gas-Tight  Tubing)  Crack  Proof 
Rubber  Boots , Etc. 

OFFICE 

160  & 162  CONGRESS,  Cor.  FRANKLIN  STREET, 

BOSTON. 

BROADWAY,  Cor.  BROOME  STREET, 

JVB7AT  TORN. 

F.  M.  SHEPARD,  Pres.  J.  A.  M/NOTT,  Sec’y. 

h FRANCIS  HAYWARD, 

Manager  at  Boston. 


EASTERN  AGENT®  FOE  TEE 

NATIONAL  RUBBER  CO.,  Factory,  Bristol,  R.  I. 

UNION  INDIA  RUBBER  CO.,  „ 4th  Ave.  131st  and  132d  St.,  N.  Y. 
G-OODYEAR  RUBBER  CO.,  „ Middletown,  Conn. 

LAMBERTVILLE  RUBBER  CO.,  Factory,  Lambertville,  N.  J. 
UNION  TUBING-  CO.,  „ New  York. 

RUBBER  FOOTWEAR  CO.,  „ Boston,  Mass. 

GOODYEAR  RUBBER  CO.,  „ New  York. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company . 


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five  hundred  popnds  was  fired  through  twelve  inches  of 
wrought  iron  plates,  erected  on  Prince’s  Head. 

Three  small  islands,  called  respectively  Sheep,  Grape, 
and  Slate  Island,  lie  southeast  of  Peddock’s  in  the  order 
named.  They  are  quite  bare  of  habitations,  but  form  pleas- 
ing objects  in  the  panorama  seen  from  the  steamer’s  deck. 

From  nature  unadorned,  however,  our  attention  is  quickly 
taken  to  where  it  is  adorned  the  most  with  fanciful  architect- 
ural conceits  in  the  way  of  summer  residences,  for,  passing 
through  the  narrow,  rushing  strait  of  Hull  Gut, 

YE  ANCIENT  TOWNE  OF  HULL 

lies  right  before  us,  where  houses  really  dating  back  to  Queen 
Anne’s  time  can  be  seen,  with  modern  temples  erected  to  her 
memory,  and  painted  in  all  the  colors  of  the  rainbow.  The 
English  castles  were  centuries  building,  their  various  wings 
and  gables  being  added  only  as  necessity  required.  Ours 
spring  up  in  a night,  or  in  a single  season,  sometimes  in  antici- 
pation of  demand,  as  witness  Hotel  Pemberton.  Its  many 
towers,  sharp  gables,  balconies,  and  piazzas,  painted  in  dark 
reds  and  browns,  relieved  by  yellow,  Oriental  colors,  harmonize 
well  with  the  scene,  and  form  a pleasant  object  on  which  to 
rest  the  eye. 

HOTEL  PEMBERTON, 

which  is  first-class  in  all  its  appointments,  is  situated  on  Wind- 
mill Point,  where  it  gets  every  breath  of  air  when  there  is  any. 
The  rooms  are  spacious  and  richly  furnished,  and  the  table 
the  best  the  market  affords.  George  W.  Palfrey  is  the  man- 
ager. Steamers  land  passengers  regularly  at  Pemberton  Pier, 
Hull,  where  cars  of  the  Nantasket  Beach  Railroad  can  be 
taken,  for  a ride  along  the  Beach  to  Hingham,  or  stopping  at 
intermediate  stations,  if  desired. 

The  closely  clustered  cottages  on  the  hill  at  Hull  show  how 
valuable  land  is  considered  there,  and  display  much  archi- 
tectural beauty.  Again  color  is  forced  upon  our  notice,  and 
we  cannot  help  remarking  how  completely  the  old  fashion  of 
painting  plain,  square,  A-roofed  houses  a glaring  white,  with 
emerald-green  blinds,  has  passed  away.  Occasionally  now, 
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June  grass,  or  vermilion  bright  enough  to  pale  a geranium,  or 
strawberry,  a color  which  deserves  to  be  crushed,  is  injudici- 
ously used;  but  generally,  good  taste  prevails,  and  olive  greens 
Vandyke  browns,  and  Pompeiian  reds  predominate. 

Hull  Basin  is  a favorite  resort  of  yachtsmen,  and  the  Hull 
Yacht  Club  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  United  States.  Its 
handsome  and  commodious  club  house  on  the  pier  was  erectedi 
two  years  ago,  and  the  numerous  yachts,  as  graceful  as  swans, 
can  be  seen  floating  on  the  tranquil  waters  of  this  inner  har- 
bor. 

Hull  has  a history,  and  the  handful  of  inhabitants  of  this 
ancient  hamlet  have  lived  much  in  the  public  eye.  Especially 
intelligent  must  they  have  been,  and  active  in  keeping  abreast 
with  popular  sentiment,  for  politicians  have  waited  for  Hull’s - 
prophetic  vote,  even  when  it  numbered  only  seven,  and  the 
saying  became  traditional,  “ As  goes  Hull,  so  goes  the  hull  o£ 
the  State.” 

Volumes  have  been  written,  and  many  more  might  be  written  r 
on  the  settlers  of  this  little  peninsula,  which,  notwithstanding 
its  antiquity,  remains  the  smallest  town  in  the  New  England 
States.  It  is  claimed  by  historians  that  it  was  visited  by 
Norsemen  in  their  galleys  during  the  early  part  of  the  eleventh 
century,  and  that  Point  Allerton  is  the  identical  “ Krossaness  ” 
where  the  Viking  Thorwald  was  slain  and  buried,  in  the  year 
1004.  He  had  coursed,  so  runs  the  story,  from  Iceland  to 
Greenland,  and  down  the  coast  of  Labrador,  passing  New- 
foundland, to  Cape  Cod,  and  then  turning  toward  the  main- 
land, discovered  this  wooded  prompntory,  where  he  decided  to 
fix  his  abode.  Being  fatally  wounded  by  an  arrow  in  a skir- 
mish with  the  aborigines,  he  requested  that  he  might  be  buried 
there,  and  two  crosses  be  erected  to  mark  the  spot,  which  was 
accordingly  done.  In  1621  Capt.  Miles  Standish,  from  Ply- 
mouth, landed  there,  and  found  lobsters  of  superior  quality, 
gathered  by  the  Indians,  which  he  bought  for  a few  beads,  and 
lobster-fishing  has  always  been  a principal  occupation  of  its 
inhabitants. 

Some  of  the  founders  of  the  best  New  England  families 
made  their  homes  here,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  names  of 
Prince,  Pemberton,  Veazie,  Haswell,  Gould,  Binney,  and 
Loring  occurring  in  the  early  records.  Many  and  various  have 
been  the  purposes  of  the  settlers,  as  Sweetser  concisely  states 


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in  King’s  Handbook*  of  Boston  Harbor : “ Within  a quarter 
of  a millennium,  this  obscure  Massachusetts  peninsula  has  suc- 
cessively been  a desolation,  a feeble  Episcopal  plantation,  a Puri- 
tan fishing  port,  a Continental  fortress,  a French  camp,  a wreck- 
ers’ colony,  a semi-Dalmatian  maritime  hamlet,  a Yankee 
village,  and  an  opulent  American  summer  resort.” 

The  large  hotel  in  the  village,  the  Oregon  House,  was  built 
in  1848,  and  has  always  been  popular.  Z.  T.  Harrington  is 
the  present  proprietor. 

Telegraph  Hill  has  the  signal  station  on  its  summit,  which 
before  the  use  of  the  electric  telegraph,  was  employed  to  signal 
the  approach  of  vessels  to  Boston,  the  merchants  of  which, 
had  a set  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  private  signals,  each 
one  a different  flag.  When  a ship  arrived,  the  owner’s  color 
was  run  up  at  Hull,  repeated  on  an  island  in  the  harbor,  again 
shown  on  Central  Wharf,  and  finally  at  the  old  State  House. 
This  cumbrous  system  has  been  superseded,  but  where,  alas  ! is 
the  once  proud  merchant  marine  of  Boston?  Telegraph  Hill 
was  fortified  by  Washington,  and,  as  we  have  seen,  its  battery 
helped  to  drive  the  British  fleet  away  after  the  evacuation  of 
Boston.  On  the  17th  of  July,  1776,  the  news  reached  the 
town,  of  the  signing  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  in 
Philadelphia,  July  4,  and  a salute  of  thirteen  guns,  one  for 
each  of  the  States,  was  fired  from  this  very  hill.  Subsequently^ 
the  works  were  greatly  strengthened  by  the  French,  and  some 
of  the  old  intrenchments  still  remain.  A beacon  and  a watch- 
house  were  also  established  here  to  give  alarm  up  the  Bay  on 
approach  of  an  enemy.  Telegraph  Hill  is  owned  by  Miss 
Sallie  Jones,  an  elderly  lady  of  Hingham,  who  tenaciously 
refuses  to  sell  it,  or  it  would  be  quickly  covered  by  cottages, 
the  view  from  the  summit  being  magnificent.  The  most  of 
Peddock’s  Island  is  alsp  owned  by  the  same  lady. 

STRAWBERRY  HILL, 

The  ijext  important  elevation  of  Hull  is  Strawberry  Hill,  at 
the  base  of  which  is  the  pier  where  the  steamers  of  the  Boston 
& Hingham  Steamboat  Company  make  regular  landings  for  pas- 
sengers. The  old  barn  on  the  summit  is  a well-known  land- 
mark for  pilots  off  the  coast.  On  this  site  a barn  containing 
eighty  tons  of  hay  was  burned  in  1775,  “to  grieve  the  British 


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garrison  of  Boston,”  and  the  harbor  was  splendidly  illuminated 
by  these  patriotic  fires. 

From  Strawberry  Hill,  the  official  surveys  and  triangulations 
of  the  harbor  have  been  made,  and  the  stand-pipe  of  the  Hing- 
ham  Water  Company  of  fifty  feet  is  erected  there,  ninety-seven 
feet  above  high  water,  giving  one  hundred  and  forty-seven  feet 
pressure.  Previous  to  the  building  of  these  works,  there  was 
complaint  in  regard  to  water  by  the  cottagers  at  Strawberry 
Hill,  Hull,  and  Nantasket;  but  now  a great  abundance  of  ex- 
cellent water  is  secured  from  Accord  Pond,  Hingham.  The 
plains  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  running  to  the  beach,  and  the  land 
along  the  ocean  from  Stony  Beach  to  the  Ocean  House,  are 
now  owned  by  the  Nantasket  Company,  and  have  been  laid  out 
in  streets  and  avenues.  Thousands  of  shade  trees  have  been 
set  out,  and  some  forty  Swiss  cottages  have  been  built,  which 
are  let  at  from  $200  to  $400  each  for  the  season.  Sanguinary 
battles  must  have  been  fought  in  this  vicinity,  for  at  Skull 
Head,  great  quantities  of  human  bones  have  been  found,  with 
arrow-heads,  tomahawks,  and  other  weapons  of  war.  Fifteen 
hundred  feet  from  the  sea  stands  the  spacious  Sea  Foam 
House,  with  its  three  tiers  of  piazzas,  which  was  built  in  1870. 
It  will  be  conducted  this  year  by  S.  G.  Fish,  formerly  of  the 
Oakland  Beach  Hotel,  on  Warwick  Neck,  Rhode  Island.  It 
possesses  the  advantage  of  short  distance  from  Boston,  and  is 
kept  in  a first-class  manner. 

Many  desirable  lots  of  land  for  cottages  are  offered  by  the 
Nantasket  Company  at  such  prices  as  will  prove  a good  invest- 
ment, the  land  being  sure  to  appreciate  in  value.  The  collec- 
tion of  cottages  on  the  Hull  Bay  side,  is  called  Hobart- 
ville. 

The  Oceanic  Cafe  is  situated  on  the  beach,  and  there  genuine 
Rhode  Island  Clam  Bakes  can  be  found  in  perfection.  This 
is  an  excellent  point  for  picnic  and  excursion  parties  to  stop , 
as  there  is  a large  bath-house  there  and  every  facility  for  surf 
bathing.  W.  B.  Chipman  is  the  proprietor.  He  was  formerly 
at  Rocky  Point,  and  precisely  the  same  kind  of  clam-bakes 
which  have  made  Rocky  Point  and  Silver  Spring  on  Narragan- 
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BUMKIN  ISLAND, 

a single,  beautiful  green  hill  of  fifty  acres,  owned  by  Harvard 
College,  having  been  bequeathed  to  the  University  by  Samuel 
Ward,  in  1682.  His  will  designated  the  purpose  in  these 
words  : — 

“ The  rent  of  itt  to  be  for  the  easmentt  of  the  charges  of  the 
Diatte  of  the  students  that  are  in  commonse.”-  [. Illustrated 
History  of  Boston  Harbor , by  James  H.  Stark .] 

We  next  pass  between  the  shores  of  White  Head  on  the 
left,  and  World’s  End  on  the  right,  and  enter  the  winding 
Wier  River.  World’s  End  is  delightfully  situated,  and  elabor- 
ate plans  have  been  made  for  its  improvement  by  its  owner, 
Mr.  John  R.  Brewer. 

Notwithstanding  the  intricate  passage,  requiring  guides  at 
short  distances,  the  steamer,  as  if  sharing  the  impatience  of  the 
passengers  to  reach  the  beach,  swiftly  accomplishes  its  many 
turns,  and  passes,  almost  too  quickly,  alternately  grand  and 
picturesque  views  of  shores  of  seamed  and  weather-beaten 
rocks,  and  hills  barely  supporting  a few  stunted  pines,  and 
then  again  of  far-reaching,  fertile  fields,  as  the  boat  nears  the 
pier. 

NANTASKET  BEACH. 

And  here  we  are  with  a world  of  attractions  spread  before 
us.  The  pier  of  the  Boston  & Hingham  Steamboat  Company 
is  one  hundred  feet  in  breadth,  and  there  is  ample  room  for  the 
accommodation  of  its  thousands  of  patrons.  There  is  a little 
excitement  and  considerable  bustle,  but  no  confusion,  as  the 
barges  are  taken  for  more  distant  points,  or  the  streams  of 
passengers  disperse  among  the  hotels  and  resorts  near  by. 
Private  carriages  can  be  seen  arranged  on  the  left,  and  public 
conveyances  can  be  found  on  the  right  of  the  pier.  It  may  be 
well  to  say  here  where  the  latter  go.  The  Sea  Gem  Coach 
Line,  consisting  of  a number  of  fine  barges,  is  run  by  A.  J. 
Randall,  of  the  Gun  Rock  stables,  to  the  private  residences  on 
Green  Hill,  and  leaves  passengers  at  the  New  Pacific,  Gun 
Rock,  Straight’s  Pond,  Clarendon,  and  Elberon  Houses.  Mr. 
Randall  has  run  this  line  for  fourteen  years,  and  he  is  an 
encyclopaedia  of  beach  intelligence  that  can  be  readily  consulted. 

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many  charming  views  can  be  obtained  from  one  of  these 
barges.  The  more  extensive  drive  over  the  famous  Jerusalem 
Road  can  be  taken  in  C.  F.  B.  Tilden’s  line  of  four  two-horse 
coaches  to  Cohasset.  One  of  the  drivers,  C.  S.  Stoddard,  has 
been  on  this  road  twenty-five  years,  and  has  a mine  of  interest- 
ing information.  This  road  is  well-watered  throughout,  so 
there  is  no  annoyance  from  dust,  while  at  each  turn  of  the  road, 
open  new  vistas  of  beauty. 

The  Waverley  House  has  its  own  barge,  connecting  with 
every  steamer,  and  barges  can  also  be  found  for  other  hotels  and 
resorts.  A station  of  the  Nantasket  Beach  Railroad  is  situated 
here,  and  cars  can  be  taken  for  a ride  along  the  beach  or  to 
Hingham. 

The  first  building  which  we  see  at  the  right,  in  passing  up  the 
pier,  is  the  Roller  Skating  Rink,  erected  at  great  expense  last 
year,  and  now  much  improved,  the  entire  floor  of  1 5,000  square 
feet  having  been  relaid  with  the  best  birch  matched  boards,  pre- 
senting a polished  surface  for  the  little  rollers  which  has  no 
superior  in  New  England.  Mr.  S.  Moxon  is  manager  of  the 
rink,  and  the  admirers  of  the  graceful  and  fascinating  sport 
and  gentle  and  healthful  exercise  of  roller  skating  will  find  no 
better  facilities  for  this  popular  enjoyment  anywhere.  Compe- 
tent intructors  and  assistants  will  be  in  attendance,  and  first- 
class  music  will  be  furnished.  Parties  owning  skates  can  bring 
them,  if  they  prefer,  or  skates  will  be  provided.  Spectators 
have  here  ample  accommodations  to  witness  exhibitions  of 
skating  and  listen  to  the  music. 

THE  HOTELS. 

The  Rockland  House  was  established  in  1854  by  Col. 
Nehemiah  Ripley,  who  successfully  conducted  it  for  thirty 
years,  while  it  increased  from  forty  rooms  to  nearly  two  hun- 
dred, and  from  sixty  to  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  feet  in 
length.  It  is  situated  upon  a gentle  eminence,  about  five  hun- 
dred yards  from  the  beach,  and  presents  an  imposing  fa5ade. 
It  has  been  this  year  repainted  inside  and  out,  and  largely  re- 
furnished. A new  billiard-room  has  been  arranged,  and  there 
have  been  other  improvements.  The  patrons  of  the  Rockland 
have  been  there  usually  for  successive  seasons,  and  have  come 
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numerous  departments  of  a popular 
and  entertaining  nature. — Boston 
Globe. 

The  Boston  Budget  is  one  of  the 
most  widely  read  and  most  influen- 
tial of  Boston’s  Sunday  journals,  and 
it  circulates  in  the  households  of  our 
leading  families. — Boston  Star. 

The  Budget  is  a very  enterpris- 
ing Boston  newspaper. — Florida 
Mirror. 

The  Boston  Budget  is  a clean, 
bright,  and  able  journal,  and  the 
hotel  department  is  a well  edited 
and  important  portion  of  the  field 
occupied  by  the  Budget. — San 
Francisco  Hotel  Gazette. 

There  is  no  newsier,  breezier, 
readable  paper  published  anywhere 
that  we  know  of,  than  the  Boston 
Budget,  and  its  weekly  perusal 
gives  us  heaps  of  pleasure,  and  we 
don’t  care  who  knows  it.  Every 
one  of  its  eight  seven-column  pages 
is  chock  full  of  interesting  reading, 
and  much  of  it  of  a character  that 
makes  it  just  as  good  all  the  week  as 
on  the  day  of  its  issue. — Marlboro 
T ivies. 

The  Boston  Budget  is  a marvel- 
lous success  in  journalism. — Wash- 
ington Daily  H otel  News. 

The  Boston  Budget  is  a chatty 
and  popular  Sunday  paper. — Boston 
Transcript . 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company . 


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every  Wednesday  and  Saturday  night.  An  excellent  stable  is 
attached  to  the  Rockland  House,  where  vehicles  of  all  kinds 
can  be  engaged.  Russell  & Sturgis,  who  were  managers  of  the 
house  last  year,  have  leased  the  Rockland,  the  Hotel  Nan- 
tasket,  and  the  Rockland  Cafe  for  five  years,  and  are  now, 
therefore,  proprietors.  They  will  conduct  both  hotels  on  the 
American  plan. 

Hotel  Nantasket  is  a beautiful  new  house  of  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  rooms.  It  is  situated  right  upon  the  beach, 
land  the  rooms  are  generally  kept  for  transient  guests,  although 
there  are  some  permanent  boarders.  This  year  the  upper 
balcony  has  been  enlarged,  and  reserved  seats  will  be  provided 
there  for  the  guests  of  the  house  and  of  the  Rockland. 

Reeves’  American  Band,  of  Providence, 

D.  W.  Reeves,  Leader, 

will  give  grand  concerts  from  the  band-stand  on  the 
beach,  every  afternoon  from  three  to  five,  and  every  evening 
from  seven  to  nine  o’clock.  Mr.  Reeves  has,  during  the  last 
twenty-five  years,  won  a wide  reputation  second  to  no  one  in 
this  country,  as  a band  organizer  and  director.  The  band 
comprises  many  brilliant  soloists,  and  its  repertoire  is  most  ex- 
tensive. Mr.  Reeves’  arrangements  of  operatic  selections  are 
especially  popular,  while  his  adaptations  to  wind  instruments 
of  the  highest  class  of  mirtic  written  for  orchestras  are  mar- 
vellous. Daily  programmes  of  the  concerts  are  published, 
and  distributed  on  the  boats  and  landings  of  the  Boston  & 
Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 

In  the  evening  there  are 

ELECTRICAL  ILLUMINATIONS, 

and  frequently 

MAGNIFICENT  PYROTECHNIC  DISPLAYS 

are  given. 

The  spacious  and  elegant  promenades  and  piazzas  of  Hotel 
Nantasket,  connected  by  broad,  covered  passages  with  those  of 
the  Rockland  Cafe,  furnish  comfortable  accommodations  for 
large  audiences  at  these  entertainments.  At  the  rockland 
cafe  dinners  are  served  on  the  European  plan,  a la  carte , and 


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Ocean  House, 

PPftSKET  FSKHCfL 

THIS  OLD-TIME  AND 

Favorite  Seashore  Hotel 

has  been  renovated  and  improved  by  its  present  proprietress,  and  it  is  one  of 
the  most  delightful  seaside  resorts  on  the  coast.  Every  facility  for  bathing, 
sailing,  riding,  etc.  Exhilarating  breezes,  even  temperature,  good  drainage,  / 
large  and  airy  rooms,  telephone  in  hotel,  electric  bells,  new  billiard  hall. 
Substantial  board  and  every  attention  given  to  guests. 

©E1TOINB 

RHODE  ISLAND  CLAM  BAKES. 


The  Ocean  House  Bi?ii ng -rooms  will  accommodate 
J ,000  People  at  one  sitting . 


Barges  meet  every  Boat,  and  the  Naniaskel  Bailroad  stops 
directly  at  the  house . 


ME  IS  i U‘j  MEAEEY,  Proprietress, 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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can  be  as  simple  or  as  elaborate  as  one  chooses.  A prominent 
sign  bears  the  legend 


STEAMED  CLAMS. 


They  might  have  added  esteemed  clams,  and  warmly  es- 
teemed clams,  not  cold  clammy  clams,  but  hot  clams ; for  these 
esculent  bivalves  are  truly  both  highly  and  warmly  esteemed, 
and  in  bakes,  chowders,  or  simply  “steamed,”  thousands  of 
bushels  are  used  on  Nantasket  Beach.  It  may  be  well  to  read 
here  John  G.  Saxe’s  Sonnet 

TO  A CLAM. 

DUM  TACENT  CLAMANT. 

Inglorious  friend ! most  confident  I am 
Thy  life  is  one  of  very  little  ease  ; 

Albeit,  men  mock  thee  with  their  smiles, 

And  prate  of  being  “ happy  as  a clam  ! ** 

What  though  thy  shell  protects  thy  fragile  head 
From  the  sharp  bailiffs  of  the  briny  sea  ? 

Thy  valves  are,  sure,  no  safety-valves  to  thee 
While  rakes  are  free  to  desecrate  thy  bed, 

And  bear  thee  off,  as  foemen  take  their  spoil, 

Far  from  thy  friends  and  family  to  roam  ; 

Forced  like  a Hessian  from  thy  native  home, 

To  meet  destruction  in  a foreign  broil! 

Though  thou  art  tender,  yet  thy  humble  bard 
Declares,  O clam,  thy  case  is  shocking  hard. 

A New  York  newspaper  remarks  that  “ Bostonians  are  justly 
proud  of  Nantasket  Beach,  where  one  can  get  cultured  clams, 
intellectual  chowder,  refined  lager,  and  very  scientific  pork  and 
beans.  It  is  far  superior  to  our  monotonous  sand  beach  in  its 
picturesqueness  of  natural  beauty,  in  the  American  character 
of  the  visitors,  and  in  the  reasonableness  of  hotel  charges,  as 
well  as  the  excellence  of  the  service.” 

The  Atlantic  House,  upon  the  hill  of  that  name,  has  a 
magnificent  location,  and  there  we  must  go  to  get  a com- 
prehensive view  of  the  beach.  L.  Damon  & Sons  are  the 
proprietors,  the  sons  being  G.  A.,  J.  L.,  and  K.  H.  Damon. 
The  most  extensive  additions  have  been  made  to  this  hotel  this 
year.  Two  wings  have  been  built,  nearly  doubling  its  former 


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leading  f>u$ii)e$£  iPapef  of 
]Sfew  T<i)glai}tl, 

$1.00  A MONTH. 

THE  WEEKLY  ADVERTISER, 

$1.00  A YEAR. 

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BOSTON 


Boston  and' Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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capacity  and  now  furnishing  two  hundred  and  fifty  rooms  for 
guests.  The  stable  accommodations  have  also  been  increased. 
Notwithstanding  this  enlargement,  nearly  all  the  rooms  are 
engaged  for  the  season.  A dance  and  music  hall  has  been 
provided  in  the  new  northern  wing,  and  occasional  open-air 
concerts  will  be  given  from  the  new  band-stand  between  this 
addition  and  the  main  building.  From  the  top  of  the  Atlantic 
House,  the  entire  sweep  of  Nantasket  Beach,  five  miles  long, 
can  be  seen.  It  appears  like  the  arm  of  a knight,  gnarled  and 
gauntleted,  boldly  thrust  into  the  sea,  as  if  to  say  to  the  angry 
surf,  “ Hold  back!  ” and  affords  perfect  protection  as  a natural 
breakwater.  On  one  side,  therefore,  of  the  narrow  strip  of  land, 
the  sea  is  rollicking,  free,  and  unrestrained,  and  on  the  other  is 
as  calm  as  a mill-pond.  We  can  see  from  here  across  to  the 
north  shore,  and  note  its  various  headlines,  and  also  along  the 
rock-bound  coast  of  the  south  shore,  and  way  off  on  the  broad 
Atlantic.  We  can  note  what  a mere  atom  a human  being  be- 
comes, seen  from  a distance  ; and  as  the  man  off  on  the  beach 
appears  to  us  like  a mere  speck,  so  we  to  him  seem  a trifling 
black  blot  against  the  sky.  But  there  are  other  hotels  furnish- 
ing equally  fascinating  views  though  not  so  grand  as  this,  and 
we  visit  the  new  pacific  hotel,  of  which  W.  B.  Hathaway 
has  been  proprietor  for  five  years  and  A.  E.  Johnson  is  now 
clerk.  This  hotel  has  seventy-five  rooms,  and  has  been 
newly  carpeted  and  refitted.  There  is  a stable  connected 
with  the  house,  and  there  are  capital  fishing  and  bathing 
facilities.  The  location  overlooks  Stony  Beach,  and  t com- 
mands a fine  view  of  the  ocean  and  the  north  shore.  In 
the  same  general  direction  from  Hotel  Nantasket  are  the 
Park  and  Centre  Houses,  kept  by  Zenas  Loring  ; the  Gun 
Rock  House,  by  Benj.  G.  Hallett  ; the  Putney  House,  by  Geo. 
E.  Putney  ; the  Clarendon,  by  D.  W.  Murphy  ; the  Straits 
Pond  House,  by  W.  Cooper  Curtis  ; the  Newport  House,  by 
Seth  Reckards  ; the  Pavilion,  by  Damon  Brothers ; the  Waver, 
ley,  by  P.  C.  Burr  & Sons  ; and  the  Black  Rock  House,  by  Kit- 
tridge  & Co.,  and  in  the  opposite  direction  from  Hotel  Nantas- 
ket are  the  Ocean  View  Cafe,  by  D.  O.  Wade  ; Crockett  House, 
by  Charles  G.  Crockett ; the  Hotel  Standish,  by  J.  E.  Bradley  ; 
the  Arlington,  by  Chessman  Brothers  ; the  Pilgrim  House,  by 
James  Ryan;  the  Vine  Cafe,  by  E.  O’Connor;  and  the  Ocean 
House,  by  Mrs.  J.  Mealey. 


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Hotel  Nantasket, 

on  HE  MUCH  Ml 

Situated  directly  on  the  BEACH,  surrounded  almost 
entirely  by  water,  it  offers  to  both  transient  and 
permanent  guests  advantages  not  found  in 
any  other  Hotel  on  the  Atlantic  Coast. 

EXCELLENT  DINNERS  and  SUPPERS, 

ELECTRIC  ILLUMINATIONS, 
MAGNIFICENT  PIAZZAS, 

BATHING,  BOWLING,  &c., 

Are  among  the  many  attractions  offered. 

The  Celebrated  REEVES’  AMERICAN  BAND, 

D.  W.  REEVES,  Musical  Director,  has  been  engaged  for  the 
season,  and  will  give  Concerts  afternoons  and  evenings. 

ADJOINING  THE  HOTEL  IS  THE 

HOCKTAAISTD  CAFE, 

Where  choicest  Refreshments  may  at  all  times  be  had.  A few 
hundred  yards  distant  stands  the  favorite 

R0CKIi^]S1D  ptlgE, 

Which  has  for  so  many  years  ranked  first  among  the  Sea-Side 
Resorts  of  New  England.  The  Rockland  will  open 
JUNE  18th;  the  Nantasket  on  JULY  ist. 


RUSSELL  & STURGIS,  Proprietors. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company . 


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These  are  all  well-known  hotels,  and  each  has  special  at- 
tractions. There  is  no  monopoly  on  the  sea  and  the  air,  and 
the  magnificent 

SURF  BATHING 

is  open  to  all.  Almost  as  exhilarating  as  actual  indulgence  is 
the  near  view  to  be  obtained  of  the  hundreds,  and  sometimes 
thousands,  of  bathers,  from  the  piazzas  of  the  hotels  which  line 
the  beach.  It  is  impossible  not  to  catch  the  spirit  of  fun  which 
prevails. 


At  low  tide,  too,  the  firm,  wet  sand  forms  a spacious  boule- 
vard, which  is  occupied  by  carriages  of  every  description, 
from  the  high-stepping  four-in-hand  to  the  simple  village  cart. 
After  an  easterly  storm,  the  waves  roll  in  and  burst  upon  the 
beach,  and  the  rush  of  the  breakers  is  furious.  The  restless 
sea  is  always  changing,  and  there  is  no  such  thing  as  ennui  to 
visitors  at  the  beach  at  any  time.  Sound  sle'ep  is  vouchsafed 
to  those  who  stop  over  night,  as  the  monotonous  beating  of  the 
surf  is  especially  conducive  to  “ nature’s  sweet  restorer,”  and  a 
visit  to  Nantasket  is  in  hundreds  of  ways,  to  the  tired  man  of 
business,  or  the  care-worn  woman,  a restful  change.  No  one 
can  look  in  the  faces  of  the  children  there,  and  doubt  that  they 
enjoy  every  minute  of  the  time.  They  revel  in  the  clean,  white 


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Mr.  Chipman  will  open  this  popular  resort , 
July  fst,  and  will  give  a 

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Address,  W.  B.  CHIPMAN,  7 Rowe’s  Wharf. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company.  49 


sand,  and  shriek  with  joy  in  the  water.  The  student  of  human 
nature  can  here  observe  every  phase  of  character.  Romantic 
rambles  are  at  hand  for  those  who  wish  to  be  by  themselves, 
and  the  lover  of  solitude  can  here  sit  upon  some  lonely  rock 
and  look  upon  the  sea,  and  shut  out  all  thoughts  but  his  own. 


In  the  evening  the  brilliantly  lighted  hotels  make  an  enchanting 
scene,  while  the  numerous  lighthouses,  including  the  famous 
Minot’s  Ledge  Light,  the  revolving  Boston  Light,  the  steady 
one  of  Long  Island,  the-red  color  of  Bug  Light,  and  the  differ- 
ent lights  of  others  form  an  interesting  study.  When  the  moon 
is  up,  all  seems  like  fairy-land. 

The  change  of  diet  is  often  of  as  great  benefit  as  the  change 
of  air,  and  fish  just  caught  can  be  found  cooked  in  every  variety 
of  style  at  the  numerous  hotels,  cafes,  and  restaurants.  If  you 
wish  to  drop  a line  yourself,  you  can  do  so,  and  sail-boats  can 
be  engaged  either  with  or  without  skippers.  Fish  stories  of 
any  size  can  be  manufactured  to  order,  and  warranted  to  fit. 


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Nantasket  Beach,  Nantasket,  Mass. 

W.  B.  HATHAWAY,  Manager. 


Its  location  is  unsuipassed  by  any  house  on 
the  shore,  a?id  furnishes  superior  advantages 
for  floating,  ftathing,  Fishing,  and  Gunning . 

Its  b?'oad  Piazzas,  extensive  Falls,  and 
well  ventilated  aparl???ents  insure  to  its  guests 
a?i  unusually  pleasa?it  and  comfortable  summer 
home . 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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If  you  are  over-pressed  with  care,  take  a row-boat,  go  out, 
throw  care  overboard  with  a splash,  and  row  back.  But  per- 
haps you  are  an  admirer  of  horseflesh.  If  so,  go  out  upon  the 
Jerusalem  Road  and  see  the  turnouts  there,  and  if  you  are  poor 
and  feel  envious  of  the  elegant  equipages  or  costly  residences 
which  line  that  famous  drive,  remember  that  the  pleasures  of 
the  eye  cannot  be  restricted,  while  sublime  is  the  command 
“Thou  sh alt  not  covet,”  and  if,  with  all  these  means  of  enjoy- 
ment you  are  not  happy,  you  are  incorrigible  indeed. 

The  Nantasket  Visitor,  now  in  its  second  year,  is  pub- 
lished from  Hotel  Nantasket  by  F.  W.  Walsh.  It  is  a sprightly 
and  interesting  sheet  of  eight  pages,  devoted  to  society  and  sea 
side  gossip,  and  furnishes  full  lists  of  hotel  arrivals,  list  of 
cottagers,  and  much  other  valuable  information. 

THE  HOMEWARD  TRIP 

is  as  interesting  as  the  downward  one.  Passing  quickly  in  re- 
view the  shore  to  Windmill  Point,  and  bidding  farewell  to  the 
red-roofed  cottages,  we  have  a chance  to  look  down  the  harbor 
between  Point  Allerton  and  the  lonely  Brewsters,  and  see 


BOSTON  LIGHT, 

the  Bug  Light,  in  its  iron  octagon  house  set  upon  stilts.  We 
then  come  to 


BOSTON. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company.  53 


george’s  island, 


with  Fort  Warren,  built  in  1850,  the  key  to  the  harbor,  and  its 
strongest  defence,  which  is  noted  as  having  been  the  place  of 
confinement  of  the  ^Confederate  commissioners,  Mason  and 
' Slidell,  who  were  captured  en  route  to  France  and  England. 
Next  we  pass 

LOVELL’S  ISLAND, 

the  scene  of  many  a shipwreck,  and  can  see  Mano’-war  Bar, 
where  the  French  frigate  “Magnifique”  was  lost  in  1782. 

We  can  hear  the  doleful  sound  of  the  bell-buoy  near  Nix’s 
Mate,  saying,  “ Keep  away  ! keep  away  ! ” 

Off  at  some  distance  we  can  see 

DEER  ISLAND, 

owned  by  the  city,  where  are  many  substantial  buildings  occu- 
pied for  reformatory  and  other  purposes,  and  off  Deer  Island 
are  the  Quarantine  Grounds.  Past  this  point  we  can  see  the 
shores  of  Winthrop  and  Point  Shirley,  and  next  we  come  to 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the  harbor  isles, 

APPLE  ISLAND, 

its  smooth  green  slopes  and  graceful  trees  forming  a most 
pleasing  object. 

W e next  pass 


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JSTo  Visit  to  “Jhe  JIub” 

ois  Dr . Holmes  facetiously  called  Boston,  is  complete  n it//  - 
out  a taste  of  that  delectable  compound 
known  as 

HUB  PUNCH. 


It  is  qorepared  from  the  original  receipt  used  for  years  b y 
an  expert , and  handed  down  by  tradition  from  the  days  of 


Only  the  best  imported  liquors  and  the  highest  grades  oj 
lemo?is  and  limes  are  used  in  its  composition . It  is  bottled , 
ready  for  instant  use,  will  keep  in  any  climate , and  for  ex- 
cursions, lunch,  dinner  or  evening  parties,  it  is  an  essentia / 
companion . 

SOBJD  by 

Druggists,  Grocers  & Wine  Merchants . 

€.  H.  GMA  VMS  & SONS, 

SOXjE  PMQPMXJEEOMS, 

35  Hawkins  St.,  Boston. 


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governor’s  island, 

with  the  last  defence  of  the  harbor, 


FORT  WINTHROPj 


its  simple  citadel  on  the  top  giving  little  idea  of  the  strength  of 
its  underground  batteries,  while  its  low  guns  on  the  water  front 
can  sweep  a vast  extent  of  shoal  approaches. 

We  can  note  the  lone  beacon  which  marks  the  spot  of  the 
lost  Bird  Island.  We  can  see  Powder-Horn  Hill,  in  Chel- 
sea, crowned  with  its  Soldiers’  Home.  We  note  the  growing 
importance  of 

noddle’s  island, 

or  East  Boston,  with  its  Grain  Elevator,  its  Cunard  and  East- 
ern Railroad  Docks,  and  its  countless  homes.  We  cast  a sad 
look  at  the  relics  of  maritime  greatness  at  the  Navy  Yard,  an 
admiring  one  at  the  tall  granite  shaft  on  Bunker  Hill,  which, 
according  to  the  Englishman,  “Warren  fell  from  and  was 
killed  ; ” and  then  the  great  city,  with  its  wharves  and  shipping, 
its  warehouses  and  churches,  and  above  all,  the  gilded  dome  of 
the  State  House,  behind  which  perchance,  at  this  moment,  the 
sun  is  gloriously  setting,  forms  a grand  picture  as  a fitting 
close  to  a day  of  unalloyed  pleasure. 


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27  DOANE  STREET  (L,  BOX  1242), 

BOSTON, 

* 

Our  business  is  to  Investigate  all  Crirties, 
bring  to  justice  all  Criminals,  obtain  existi7ig 
evidence  i?i  criminal  and  civil  suits,  prove  the 
cha7'acter  of  witnesses  and  e?nj)loyees,  and 
make  all  i7iquiries  in  cases  7'equiring  secrecy 
a7id  dispatch . 

lo  inquire  into  and 

Detect  Frauds  of  Every  Description 

'Practised  upon  Insurance  and 
other  Companies . 

And  also  the  transaction  of  every  description  of 

Legitimate  Detective  Work. 

Havwtg  a long  Experience,  we  can 
guarantee  you  satisfaction  in  every  instance . 


No  Charge  for  Consultation. 


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Hand-Book  of  the 


VISITORS  AT  THE  BEACH,  GET  YOUR 
CIGARS  AT 


179  Broad  St,,  directly  opp.  Rowe’s  Wharf, 

Fine  Imported  and  Domestie  Qigars, 

Imported  cind  Domestic  Dure  Liquors  foi' 
Family  Use . Yacht  Supplies , Ftc. 


Dr.  Swettfs  Root  Beer* 

Is  made  from  Sarsparilla,  L,ife-of-Man  Hops,  Juniper,  Winter- 
green,  etc.  A drink  for  health  as  well  as  pleasure,  mildly  acting  on  and 
keeping  the  Stomach , Liver  and  Kidneys  in  a healthy  condition.  The 
material  put  up  in  packages  to  make  five  gallons,  25c.  By  mail  31c.  4 
packages  SI,  prepaid.  Put  up  at  the  New  England  Botanic  Depot, 
245  Washington  St.,  BOSTON.  Geo.  W.  Swett,  M.  D.,  Proprietor. 


MOUNT  DESERT  ROLLER  SKATE. 


Manufactured  by  0.  NUTE  & SON, 

319  Washington  St.,  Boston. 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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At  night  our  dreams  recall  the  scenes  in  the  form  of  this 
illustration. 


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Hand-Book  of  the 


Sunning  the  Elegant  Steamers 

Nantasket, 

Twilight,  Rose  Standish, 

AND 

Wm.  Harrison, 

Make  Excursions  to  Pemberton , Hull,  Strawberry 
Hill , and  Nantasket  Peach , nearly  every 
hour  of  the  day  and  evening . 


THE  USUAL  KUNNING  TIME  OF 
THE  BOAT  IS 

Between  Boston  and  Pemberton,  Hull,  aliout  - - 35  minutes. 

Between  Boston  and  Strawberry  Hill  - - - - 50  „ 

Between  Boston  and  Nantasket  Beach,  direct  - - - 1 hour. 

Between  Boston  and  Nantasket  Beach 

via  Strawberry  Hill,  1 honr  and  15  linntes. 


The  8 A.  M.  trip  from  the  beach , and  the 
2.2,0  and  5 P.  M.  trips  to  the  beach,  will  run 
direct  without  stopping  at  other  landings . 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


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THE  ONLY  LINE  RUNNING  TO 


HOW  TO  REACH  ROWE5S  WHARF, 

Paities  from  out  of  the  city  will  find  ample  facilities  for  con- 
veyance to  the  Nantasket  steamers.  The  Blue  Line  cars  of 
the  Metropolitan  Horse  Railroad  from  the  Boston  & Albany, 
Old  Colony,  and  New  York  & New  England  railroad  stations, 
going  north,  and  from  the  Lowell,  Eastern,  and  Fitchburg 
depots,  going  south,  pass  the  head  of  Rowe’s  Wharf  on  Atlan- 
tic Avenue.  Transfer  cars  running  through  Summer,  Wash- 
ington, and  Franklin  Streets  for  Atlantic  Avenue  also  pass  the 
wharf.  Transfer  checks  are  sold  with  six-cent  fares,  which  are 
good  on  any  horse-cars  in  the  city. 

Barges  run  from  the  Boston  & Maine,  Lowell,  Eastern, 
and  Fitchburg  railroad  stations  to  Rowe’s  Wharf,  and  return, 
and  also  to  connect  the  boats  with  the  Cambridge  horse-cars 
from  Bowdoin  Square,  fare  io  cents;  cabs  can  be  engaged  to 
carry  passengers  to  or  from  the  wharf  it  25  cents  each,  or  at 
half  hack  fares,  and  carriages  at  50  cents  or  full  rates  accord- 
ing to  the  established  tariff. 

One  of  the  best  travelling  companions  on  a pleasure  trip  is 
a reliable  railway  guide,  and  we  advise  the  tourist  to  get  the 
best,  as  a cheap  guide  is  like  a cheap  watch,  never  on  time. 
The  Pathfinder  Railway  Guide  has  official  tables,  and 
many  valuable  maps,  and  the  tourist  will  find  a copy  of  this 
work  indispensable.  Ask  any  newsdealer  for  it,  or  address 
Pathfinder,  Boston. 


THE  ONLY  LINE  RUNNING  TO 


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Hand-Book  of  the 


ANDREWS’ 


CONDENSING  STEAM  COOKER, 

Avoids  all  Loss  of  Food,  Escape  of  Steam,  and 
Odor  in  the  room. 


No  danger  of  burning  food  or  melting  off  the  bottom.  No  care  needed. 
Free  from  all  complications. 


The  most  economical  manner  of  cooking, 
stove  equally  well. 


Can  be  used  on  any 


kind  of 


One  day  my  wife  and  I were  walking 
Across  the  Common,  arm  in  arm. 

And  so  it  happened,  fell  a-talking 
Of  things  which  caused  her  much  alarm. 

“ I 'm  sure,'’  she  said,  “you’ve  no  idea 
How  much  we  waste  from  year  to  year. 

And  then  the  kitchen,  O my  darling, 

It  smells  of  bakes  and  stews  and  fries. 

The  kitchen  girl  is  always  snarling, 

Except  when  she  sits  down  and  cries. 

And  I,  too,  hate  to  show  my  face 
In  such  a steaming,  smelling  place. 

But  if  you  leave  it  for  a minute 
To  get  a breath  of  purer  air, 

It  seems  as  though  some  fiend  were  in  it,— 
The  meat  is  burned  without  your  care, 

My  dear,  you  really  must  contrive 
Some  cure,  as  true  as  I ’m  alive.” 

“Dear  wife,”  said  I, “now  don’t  forget  it. 
Though  great  your  care  as  you  can  claim, 

A man  I know  has  really  met  it. 

And  C.  H.  Andrews  is  his  name. 

His  cooker,  which  condenses  steam, 

Will  satisfy  your  wildest  dream. 

The  steam  that  rises  in  the  boiler 
Is  all  condensed  and  kept  inside. 

You  and  your  weary  kitchen  toiler 
May  rest,  and  all  your  tears  be  dried. 

The  odors  will  condense,  and  group 
Their  particles  in  nice,  rich  soup. 

Then,  listen,  why,  an  inch  of  water 
Will  last  ten  hours.  Just  think  what  bliss 
For  kitchen  maid,  when  you  have  taught  h er, 
To  easily  attend  to  this. 

Meantime  the  meat  unburned  will  stay, 

And  bottom  never  melt  away. 

The  cooker  will  be  such  a saving, — 

A girl  that  will  not  snarl  nor  waste, 

That  never  will  be  misbehaving. 

Go,  darling,  buy  her,  go  in  haste. 

Use  Andrew’s  Steam  Condensing  Cooker, 

And  you  will  bless  the  day  you  took  her.’* 


Agents  Wanted  Everywhere. 


Charles  H.  Andrews  & Co. 

107  & 109  BLACKSTONE  ST., 


Telephone  No.  3645. 


BOSTON 


Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company . 


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Notice. 

Ho  Spirituous  Liquors  are  ever  sold  on  the 
(Boats  of  the  (Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat 
Company . (Dogs  are  not  allowed  on  board  the 
(Boats,  unless  put  in  charge  of  the  Captain  or 
Mate.  The  Company  reserves  the  right,  in  case  of 
accident , bad  weather,  or  other  good  cause , to 
omit  any  trip  without  notice;  also  to  start  ahead 
of  time  when  required  to  save  themselves  harm= 
less  from  liability  of  taking  passengers  in  excess  of 
legal  limit . Tatrons  of  the  (Boats  will  confer 
a favor  by  reporting  to  the  Superintendent  any 
instance  of  incivility  on  the  part  of  any  employee 
of  the  Company.  Arrangements  for  Excursions 
and  Ticnic  Tar  ties  can  be  made  upon  applica= 
tion  at  the  Office,  Ho.  7 (Rowe's  Wharf  \ to 

Elisha  F.  Seams 9 

Superintendent* 

Charles  H Irotringh^m, 

Writer  and  Designer  of  Advertisements, 

And  General  Advertising  Agent. 

IIiMOTflJFED  + OTTIIiOGUEJS  + PI^EP^ED. 

PEN  WORK  FOR  PHOTO-ELECTROTYPE  PROCESS. 

REFERENCES: 

Boston  & Hingham  Steamboat  Co.  The  Cushing  Process  Co. 

Boston  & Providence  Clothing  Co.  The  Adams  & Westlake  Mfg..  Co. 

Chester  H.  Graves  & Co. 

Address,  Box  100,  Malden,  Mass.,  or  214  High  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


NANTASKET  BEACH. 

This  House  is  very  pleasantly  situated  on  a hi. 
bluff,  comma?idin</  an  excellent 
Ocean  Yiew. 

LARGE,  SPACIOUS,  AND  AIRY  DINING  HALL.  ' 

Special  attention  given  to  ^Dinner  ‘Partie. 

W.  B.  HATHAWAY,  Manager. 


JL 


'STABROQK  & EATOH, 

Importers  and  Manufacturers  of 


and  ~Was7xington  Street, 

mmmw . 


The  Genuine  La  Normandi  Cigars  are  For  Sale  on 
all  the  Harbor  Steamers. 


KILEY, 

' SPRING-  LANE , BOSTON. 

Opposite  Post  Office * 


AP  OF  BOSTON  HARBOR  AND  DIAGRAM  OF  STREETS  LEADING  TO  ROWE’S  WHARF, 

The  Landing-Place  in  Boston  of  the  Steamers  of  the  Boston  and  Hingham  Steamboat  Company. 


HORSFORD’S  ACID  PHOSPHATE,  Makes  a Delicious  and  Refreshing  Drink.  FOR  SALE  AT  THE  BAR  ON  THE  BOAT. 


❖TIME  + TABLE" 
gE^[g0]S[  0F  1 884. 


Boston  and  Bingham  Steamboat  Company, 

FOR 


THE  FOUR  ELEGANT  STEAMERS, 


Nantasket, 

Twilight,  Rose  Standish, 

AND 

Wm.  Harrison, 

WILL,  ON  AND  AFTER  JULY  10,  LEAVE 

EOWE’S  ATHARF 

(Subject  to  change  without  notice) 

Daily  (- weather  permitting)  as  follows:  For 

NANTASKET,  +6:30,  +8:30,  9:30,  10:30,  11:30  A.M.;  12:30,  1:15,  2:20,  3:30, 
5,  6:30,  7:30,  9:15  P.M. 

Return  at  t7,  8,  tio,  11  a.m.;  12:40,  1:30,  2,  2:50,  3:30,  5,  6:15,  8,  9:15, 
9:45  p.m. 

STRAWBERRY  HILL,  9,  fi  1:30  a.m.;  i.  15,  t3,  5:15,  6:30  p.m. 

Return  +7,  +7:45,  10:30  A.M.;  t4,  6:30  p.m. 

PEMBERTON,  HULL,  +6:30,  *+8:30,  9,  9:30,  10:30,  11:30  a.m.;  12:30, 
1:15,  3,  3:30,  5:15,  *6:30,  6:40,  *7:30,  *9:15  p.m. 

Return  +7:20,  t8,  tio:2o,  10:40,  11:20  a.m.;  1,1:50,  2:20,  3:10,  +4:10,  5:20, 
6:40,  8:20,  9:40,  *10:05  P.M. 
tOmitted  Sundays. 

All  boats  to  and  from  Pemberton,  except  those  marked  thus*,  connect 
with  trains  of  the  Nantasket  Beach  Railroad  for  all  points  on  the  Beach. 


FARE  by  Boat,  or  Boat  and  Rail,  via  Pemberton,  25  CENTS. 
J.  W.  HOBART,  G.  T.  A.  E.  F.  SEARS,  Supt. 


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FOR 

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The  most  reliable  substitute  at  present  known  for 
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“It  proves  in  practice  all  that  it  promises  in  theory.” 

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PROPRIETORS, 


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Our  latest  Book  on  Knitting  (No.  5),  with  samples  of  Flor- 
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Inclnding  A.dnxission  to  Skating 
Rink,  and  to  Reserved 
Riazza  at 


FOR 


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Ask  for  Excursion  Tickets , 'Rowe’s  Wharf, 
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Weakened  Energy,  Nervousness, 
Indigestion,  Etc. 


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